Breaking: Atiku Finally Wins ADC Presidential Primaries! Begs Amaechi Forgiveness

Añadido: 2026-05-28

[00:00:00][music] [music] [bell] >> Hello there. This is the world news at 12:00 on Voice of the people 90.3 FM. My name is Chioma Innocent and here are the top stories. US panel accuses Nigerian army police of aiding Fulani militias in Nigerian killings. Also, Sugar cane introduces new law punishing those feeding bandits with information. Atiku wins ADC presidential primary election and NDC reveals only successful aspirant will pay nomination fees. Details now.

[00:00:50]Thank you for staying tuned. The world news at 12:00 begins with the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, USCIRF, accusing some personnel of the Nigerian army and the police of allegedly collaborating with the militias involved in killings across different parts of the country. Now, in this report, the allegation was contained in a May 2026 report released by the commission and titled "Non-state violators of religious freedom in Nigeria: Fulani militants."

[00:01:25]According to the report, some security officials were allegedly linked to incidents involving kidnappings and violent attacks targeting religious communities, especially in northern and central Nigeria. The commission claimed that in certain cases, the outcome of kidnapping incidents remain unclear due to the sensitive nature of ransom negotiations and what it described as possible cooperation between criminals and some security operatives. The USCIRF had alleged that government censorship and media narratives made it difficult to properly analyze the motives and identities of armed groups operating across the country. The report noted that there were different opinions regarding the root causes of the attacks. While some observers blamed environmental and economic pressures, others described the violence as a targeted campaign against non-Muslim communities. The report further called on the US Congress to prevent individuals lobbying on behalf of government blacklisted by Washington for religious freedom violations from receiving financial compensation. Meanwhile, US Secretary of War Pete Hoekstra disclosed that President Donald Trump had directed the Pentagon to prioritize the protection of Christians in Nigeria. Hoekstra stated that the directive had greatly contributed to the elimination of a top ISIS commander operating in Nigeria.

[00:02:51]Meanwhile, in Sokoto state, the government has announced plans to introduce a new law that will prescribe strict punishment for individuals who provide information to bandits operating in the state. The move is part of renewed efforts to curb rising insecurity and weaken criminal networks across rural communities. Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal paying Salah homage to the Sultan of Sokoto, Sultan Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar III at his palace. The governor said his administration is preparing to forward an executive bill to the state House of Assembly to criminalize and punish informant activities that support bandit operations. The statement was contained in a release issued by the Director General of Media and Publicity at the government house, Abubakar Shekau.

[00:03:39]According to the governor, insecurity cannot be defeated without the cooperation of residents, stressing that community support remains central to ongoing security operations. He warned that informants play a major role in sustaining bandit attacks, adding that without them criminal groups would struggle to operate effectively. He maintained that his government will intensify collaboration with security agencies and provide necessary backing to strengthen ongoing operations across affected areas. Governor Aliyu also raised concern over vandalism of public infrastructure, noting that government projects are financed with public funds and must be protected by citizens. He warned that his administration would not hesitate to act against those destroying public assets.

[00:04:27]>> [music] >> Still under world news at 12, the presidential primaries of the African Democratic Congress has finally come to an end, with former vice president of Nigeria Alhaji Atiku Abubakar being declared winner of the primary election.

[00:04:45]According to the final results declared by the returning officer of the ADC presidential primary election Tunde Obeha on Wednesday night, Atiku polled 100 and 1 million 846,370 votes to defeat his other challengers and emerge as the ADC presidential candidate for the 2027 elections. Atiku contested the ADC presidential primaries against former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi and businessman Muhammad Hayatu Deen. On his part, Amaechi polled 504,117 votes, while Hayatu Deen got 177,120 votes. The ADC highlighted that it is registered membership stands at 3,113,599 people, while total votes cast in the primary election were 2,527,977 votes. You will recall that earlier both Amaechi and Hayatu Deen had rejected the outcome of the primaries alleging irregularities, lack of transparency, and violations during the primaries.

[00:05:57]Now, the national leader of the Nigerian Democratic Congress NDC, Seriake Dickson has said only aspirants who win the party's primaries will proceed to pay nomination fees and complete document documentation exercise. In a statement shared on X on Wednesday, he said that the decision was arrived at a joint meeting attended by Moses Cleopas, the NDC national chairman, the party's presidential aspirant Peter Obi, and members of the national working committee and the selection committee.

[00:06:27]While noting that the party is women and youth friendly, he urged the teams for the primaries to pay attention to aspirants with the capacity to win elections. Dickson added that the primaries would hold on May 28 and 29 noting that aspirants should use their expression of interest forms to enable them to participate in the exercise. He also announced the inauguration of an appeal panel to address complaints arising from their primaries. He said direct primaries for state assembly positions would take place at constituency level while House of Reps, Senate, governorship, and the presidential affirmations would be held at local government headquarters. The senator representing Bayelsa West urged aspirants and their supporters to avoid violence warning that the party has zero tolerance for intimidation, threats, and disorderly conduct.

[00:07:19]>> [music] [music] >> Still on the world news at 12, the annual Children's Day celebration in Edo State took a distressing turn on Wednesday as an unexpected stampede and chemical exposure left scores of young students hospitalized. The event which was meant to celebrate the youth of the state at the always stadium in Benin City devolved into absolute pandemonium when a severe crowd management failure triggered immediate panic among the children and teachers in attendance. Initial panic swept through the sports complex when a private security bouncer deployed a highly irritating gas substance in an attempt to handle an unruly surging crowd over attendees. The direct release of the chemical irritant instantly compromised the air quality within the immediate vicinity causing numerous students to suffer from severe gas inhalation, acute respiratory distress, and sudden physical collapse. Medical emergency teams and security officials rushed into action as the atmosphere turned hostile with frightened children running for safety while others slumped to the ground due to the overwhelming fumes. In the thick of the chaos, flying objects added to the danger leaving at least one student with a severe head wound from a stray stone thrown during the commotion.

[00:08:46]Edo State Deputy Governor, Dennis Idahosa, who was present at the stadium immediately took charge of the initial emergency response providing critical first aid to some of the affected victims on site before coordinates were made to move them to medical facilities.

[00:09:02]More than 50 school children were subsequently evacuated and rushed to the Edo Specialist Hospital in Benin City for urgent medical attention. You are currently listening to the world these are tall right here on Voice of the people 90.3 FM. We're now going to the news analysis segment where I'm being joined by my guest this afternoon. He is Honorable Timi Tokunbo Abdul Razak Balogun, the A A Lagos State Governorship Candidate for the 2023 General Election. Today he joins me in the capacity of a political and public affairs analyst and he'll be giving us his own perspectives on the issues in the news this afternoon. Good afternoon to you, sir. Thank you for joining me.

[00:09:42]>> Good afternoon, voice of the people.

[00:09:44]>> Yes. Thank you very much for joining us today. We do appreciate you. We want to begin with one of the most prominent news items from last night, and that was Alhaji Atiku Abubakar clinching the presidential ticket of the ADC after the primaries yesterday. Now, you do know that while the primaries were going on over a period of 3 days, less than 24 hours into the primaries, former Rivers State governor, former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi said, "Look, this process is not free, is not fair, is not credible, it is flawed, there is a misalignment, there is there is a a malfeasance that is going on."

[00:10:21]Also, businessman Mohammed Hayatu-Deen, who also expressed his own interest in being the presidential flag bearer of the party, distanced himself and said he doesn't want to be a part of it anymore.

[00:10:32]While Atiku has absolutely won the ticket, he is also begging these people to go ahead and work with him. So, there is a question of who becomes his presidential candidate. I want to hear your thoughts on that, seeing as you are also a member of the opposition, even if, you know, you're a member of the ADC.

[00:10:50]>> Well, uh for me, I think uh the other two candidates should just overlook whatever has transpired because I believe as politicians, they understand the uh modus operandi of things um very well. And even when they seem to have something near perfect, uh there will still be somebody that will win, and some other people will lose. I think the spirit of camaraderie should be the uh major um I believe they should have that we should come together as opposition.

[00:11:33]Fine, everybody will aspire, but somebody will lead the team. It's a teamwork. I don't believe uh they are to sideline themselves as much as sidelining many of their followers. They should come together.

[00:11:48]And if there is a window of appeal, they should appeal.

[00:11:52]If there will be something to do about it. But then for me, I think it's too late in time to be going through that.

[00:12:00]Accept the candidate.

[00:12:02]They should sit down together.

[00:12:04]They should put up their own uh request for something that will make the whole electoral process worthwhile. You know, they have their own singular ideas as individuals, but they can always come together. And I think one of those soft skills that people need to appreciate is the is the um the skill of collaboration. When somebody have uh When somebody has the belief that he can always collaborate with others of uh similar interest, I think it will make them forge ahead better. Uh their own primary is even far better than the one we witnessed online on social media where people were counting. I don't even know the progression. It will be a arithmetic progression. It's not geometric progression. You see people that are no more than 100. At the end of the day, by the time they finish counting, we hear them counting 2,000 out of people that are less than 100, you know? But we didn't see something of such in this APC primary that we observed. So, you know, what we are talking about, the figure they came up with eventually looks more realistic for a political party to pull with its members. So, they will definitely have complaints like they are having, but I think the best for them, cuz now I'm a proponent of opposition coming together to challenge uh the incumbent the status quo else we'll keep adding what we call uh a merry-go-round stakes. Yeah, people will just be doing almost the same thing and they will have the same result like we are almost witnessing now. Something around 2023 is brewing up that we know have the presidential candidate that will win eventually with more than 10 million votes which we have never seen since 1999 but we we we saw it at the last election because people splitted votes as much as it was. It was good for democracy anyway.

[00:14:08]>> It did look Okay.

[00:14:10]>> the best for them is for for them to come together uh talk things out iron things out whatever they have observed so that with the subsequent opportunities they'll be having they'll be matching their words with uh action.

[00:14:23]>> It did look like there was a coming >> They won't for them to discard.

[00:14:26]>> Okay, it did look like there was a coming together.

[00:14:28]>> They won't divide the house.

[00:14:29]>> Mhm. It did look like there was a coming together at some point but um unfortunately it's not exactly like that now with the collapse of the ADC coalition. When you say the the opposition should come together is your party open to that coming together? Were they part of the ADC coalition? The battle summit where the opposition said oh we'll present one candidate. Were they a part of it?

[00:14:54]>> at the national at the battle coalition meeting of different political parties they he was there. The faction of the AA was there and the faction that is presently recognized by INEC that's who were there. So I don't think the best approach for any reasonable political party is to have a divided opposition or else they are not going to get us out of this menace we are faced with because presently Nigeria is in an early stage condition.

[00:15:25]Which nobody can't deny. We are in an early stage condition and there may not be a messiah, but we can always salvage ourselves as people that are experiencing the difficulties in every sectors of uh the present uh Nigeria the present nation the present country we have is not giving us uh that favorable for us as citizens of this country. So, we should come together and pick a candidate. Like something that happened around 1999, I think uh A A D and A P P eventually agreed to work for all right. Even though he did not win eventually. Obasanjo won it, but then it was something that was possible.

[00:16:09]And we commended such thing. If it can repeat itself where the candidates come together, then they should have a government of national unity if that is where their fear is. If it's a down look at different sectors they will be dividing among themselves to work with, then we should push out uh the the seemingly enigmatic problem that is before us. Too gargantuan for an individual to push out by by by himself.

[00:16:39]>> Mhm. Are you saying that no individual party or individual presidential candidate can defeat the incumbent in 2027 without a coming together or a consolidation of a coalition?

[00:16:54]>> Well, election is February, but then we should look at uh antecedents of Nigeria political system. Defeating an incumbent has been something that had never been possible until 2015.

[00:17:11]And the only way they were able to defeat the incumbent then was the coming together of series of interest to eventually push him out.

[00:17:20]It is not something that is going to be easy. If you look at one of the interviews the incumbent president Bola Ahmed Tinubu B was he It was not an interview. It was a speech he made at a gathering. He said in 2023 when he doesn't have the authority was not sitting on that uh Aso Rock seat of power that he struggled and defeated them. Now that he has he has made the gesture that he has all the resources. Look at almost all the governors of Nigeria already in his in his pocket. I mean I know they are in his pocket, but they are they are they are answerable to him even though he's in opposition.

[00:18:01]They are looking up to calling table for him.

[00:18:04]Look at what the Afghan governor said in uh Anambra.

[00:18:08]He said Tinubu is his is he is he is personal friend.

[00:18:13]So he's not even looking at the party divide.

[00:18:15]And they are making their allegiance very open. So if the masses are going to defeat the oligarchs then the best approach is for everybody to push their votes in a singular battle. Just imagine in 2023 if we had not had a splitted vote of 6,000,000 plus to 7,000,000 plus.

[00:18:36]He had 8,000,000 uh 8,000,000 something.

[00:18:40]It was up to 9,000,000. Just imagine that 6,000,000 coming to meet 7,000,000.

[00:18:45]7,000,000 uh going low to conquer. Split low to conquer.

[00:18:50]>> Mhm.

[00:18:50]>> They would have had 13,000,000 votes I that would be extremely far ahead of his 8,000,000. And APC would have gone and gone for good in 2023. APC government for 8 years under Buhari was nothing to write home about in comparison to the support Nigeria gave them to push the PDP out of office.

[00:19:12]and eventually what we had after Buhari is is the most catastrophic situation any country can find themselves. Within 2 years everything skyrocketed to more than 1,000% very very devilish model of governance where the rules the ruler are enjoying their living affluent lives and telling the ruled to to to to to accept whatever is happening that they should tighten their so they they should tighten their their their their their stomach while they are living an affluent life. I think it is it is very appalling. And the situation can only redeem be redeemed by the masses if we have a singular serious a a political party we want to vote for.

[00:20:06]But when we have a divided house then we all die.

[00:20:09]They will die. Although nothing is impossible, one of those other strong two that we have now like we all know and they eventually win but it will be by a narrow margin. And you know the problem that is associated with narrow margin the the court can easily overturn their victory.

[00:20:27]And the the electoral act it will give room it will give room to for the So so basically for you everything favors the incumbent.

[00:20:37]Yes, everything as at today favors the incumbent. It's just for some of a very courageous Nigerians that kept going to court to to challenge the system that are getting some favorable judgment. And the funny thing is immediately they get a favorable judgment from a particular court another court case will spring up where there will be a competing judgment to rival what will ordinarily have been of interest to the masses. So there is the the you know I have been in APC.

[00:21:11]Because I was the founding member of APC. I was the state secretary of CPC under Buhari.

[00:21:17]We marched together. We have to jump the ship.

[00:21:20]Yes, we jumped the boat. We we left them because we knew that they had nothing good >> Okay.

[00:21:25]>> for the common man. When we we started having meetings with them after the merger, we saw that these people are coming to conquer Nigerians. They are not coming to conquer they claim. So, we have to leave. But the the people didn't understand us because we we are advocates of good governance and our only interest is all about good governance. So, at the end of the day, they proved us right.

[00:21:49]And the mastermind of that uh coalition then now that they meet local.

[00:21:57]You know what? In in your balance, we have whom we call Baba Oba. That is the person that can be reported to when the king is over bearing on duty.

[00:22:10]But now, he doesn't have anybody you can report him to. So, when you have the mafia king at the end of our fears, then you should have all brutal force as as as the consequences of having a mafia king and as the head of our as the head of our administration. So, as at today, tell me who is capable enough to actually talk and advise Mr. President.

[00:22:40]Unlike before, we have some people, even if they are religious leader, some people they are community leader. So, that's how system works. There must be people that are more superior to somebody in authority to have checks and balances. Ordinarily, in democracy, they they created the judiciary for such.

[00:23:00]But you also what happened when Mr. President went to the judiciary sorry to the legislative arm. They stood up.

[00:23:09]Opposition and the ruling party we are singing that they are on a collapsing mandate that we collapse by 2027 if we work harder than how we we worked in 2023. But we also them all standing up to to welcome him. We are not saying they should not share in up as a sitting president because of his position. But singing that they are all on his mandate.

[00:23:34]A mandate of renewed hopelessness.

[00:23:38]A mandate a mandate of serious and deliberating situation.

[00:23:48]They don't understand how Nigeria got to this mess where people will have to beg to eat.

[00:23:53]People that uh ordinarily struggling but they can still make ends meet and now becoming poppers in their own father's land. Can you imagine ordinary Ghanaians asking Nigerians to go back home? Nigeria must go. And they like so it's very So the opposition should think it should think for the general masses not for their own personal interest.

[00:24:16]>> Thank you honorable. Before we move on in this part on this particular topic, I want us to actually take a listen to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar what he said after winning the ADC presidential primaries with almost 1.9 million votes. He is talking to Rotimi Amaechi and Muhammad Hayatu Deen to return to the party and join him in saving Nigeria. So I want us to take a listen and then we'll continue the conversation.

[00:24:38]>> Hi.

[00:24:40]Atiku Abubakar Therefore, I appeal to all those who feel aggrieved to come back to our party and close ranks with us.

[00:24:52]I appeal to all those who contested for various positions in our primaries to close ranks with us.

[00:24:59]In particular, I invite Chief Rotimi Amaechi and Alhaji Mohammed Hayatu-Deen to join me in this fight to save our democracy and our country.

[00:25:16]As I said previously, there are no winners and no losers.

[00:25:23]Our people look up to us for leadership.

[00:25:25]I'm ready to lead.

[00:25:29]>> You heard him. He says the people look up to the ADC for leadership and he is ready to lead. He says there are no losers and there are no winners. This one would one would think that is exactly what a winner would say um especially when you're the one who gets to represent the party. But there is still the question of who becomes his running mate. Because of this um you know not south alliance, when you have a presidential candidate from the south, they would usually want to get a vice presidential candidate from the north and vice versa. Do you see Amaechi accepting the role of a vice president if it is offered to him?

[00:26:02]>> Well, at a point I had contact with uh His Excellency right uh Honorable Rotimi Amaechi.

[00:26:12]So, he is passionate to become the president. And in truth, I give kudos to him for going headlong against uh a person of His Excellency Atiku Abubakar.

[00:26:29]The looking at uh Abubakar's Atiku Abubakar's influence in Nigeria political system. But I'm not too sure if he is going to be uh I don't know. I I'm not too sure if he's going to be having that uh deflated ego to work uh a vice presidential candidate. So, I think reconciliation should be the next line of action.

[00:26:58]Outside the uh words of invitation to join him, I think they should send any he should go personally. And they should have a concrete agreement that will not be deflected from unlike what happened in 2023 that caused them Wike's loyalty.

[00:27:19]>> Mhm.

[00:27:19]>> And Wike becoming disloyal to PDP and we also the shenanigans that have that came out of uh such uh disagreement that were not resolved.

[00:27:31]So, I believe they should uh meet with him, look at everything, explain to him, and appeal to him.

[00:27:40]Beyond the words, there should be an action that symbolizes uh accommodation of him and his uh ardent followers. So, that at the end of the day, it would be a win-win situation for everybody. If he's willing to be the vice presidential candidate, so be it, good for the team. At least, whatever work they have been doing in the past, they just continuing on that trajectory and we'll be looking ahead to them coming headlongs with other oppositions that are very strong because you can't take away uh the strength of Obi and Kwankwaso being on the ballot on January 6th, too. So, what I think the best is for leaders of their status, uh they should come together and talk things out so that we can have what I would describe as an humongous victory.

[00:28:36]A victory that cannot be challenged by anybody in the court of law because it would be too big for them to comprehend. So, but then, whatever the leaders that of their status because I can call them the the leaders of Nigeria as at today, they they were for their for their effort in the past, whatever they have done, whatever they have attained politically made them to be in such a position and they should see things better especially for the upcoming generations.

[00:29:08]That are even younger than us that have that we we thought we never enjoyed Nigeria but these ones that are even coming behind us, they are seeing hell on earth and they can't see the service going by the resources we possess as a country.

[00:29:24]That's my view. He was saying the and I have to do this. He's financially buoyant.

[00:29:30]I think he he should not be left out and he has his own followership from the northern part of Nigeria. You can't take that population of northern part of Nigeria out of political calculation in Nigeria.

[00:29:43]>> All right. Um I want us to talk about something that happened. You know, yesterday was Children's Day across uh Nigeria. Nigerians were celebrating Children's Day mostly in misery due to the knowledge of the number of children that are still in captivity. But in some states, some government and private individuals were able to just have a little just a small celebration for uh some of the children. Now in Edo State, there was an annual Children's Day celebration but it took a different turn yesterday. There was a stampede and an unfortunate chemical exposure. At first, we got reports that oh, it was the Nigerian police. Now we are hearing that it was a private bouncer that was actually engaged for that event that he he he he he literally let out a chemical within the vicinity because he felt that the children who came for the Children's Day event, they were being too unruly. He was trying to manage the crowd and instead of using any other means, he decided to just uh deploy a highly irritating gas substance, a chemical that led to over 30 children collapsing, being unable to breathe, you know, having stomach issues and we could see ambulances rushing children to the hospital. Seeing as this was a government event, could they not have deployed the police or uh the civil defense or others for security at the venue instead of a private bouncer that with this situation now, it looks like he did not know how to handle children at an event.

[00:31:19]>> Uh well, fourthly, I want to use this medium uh to commiserate with the children all over the world with the way they are being treated nowadays.

[00:31:31]People some of them are in captivity, some of them are now experiencing. Now, let us now go down to those ones that experience that my land gave.

[00:31:41]Uh as a joke.

[00:31:43]I think the problem we have as a country is that we don't even have standards of doing things. In similar claims, people don't have access to children.

[00:31:53]Not everybody have Not everybody has access to children.

[00:31:57]There are There are people that are trained to manage children because of their specific characteristics of going out of line.

[00:32:08]Many a time, they are not mature enough to handle instructions. So, if when you want to have an event that involves children, you have to have professionals. Even when you are inviting people from regular um security agencies like the police and uh the civil defense and the likes, they must be people that are cultured. If you look at what happened, it is not an external invasion from uh thugs that are adults.

[00:32:36]It is because those children they believe they were unruly. Children are not meant to be handled by everybody. They are supposed to be handled by trained personnel. They have their own methods of being controlled, of being put into check. You can't just be putting children to check check by by by by beating them, by trying to bully them into compliance. It's not something that that works for children. It will only give them scary moment and pandemonium evolves out of it. So, and when there is chaos, what do you expect? Somebody that is untrained will think it's a regular um chaotic situation that involves adults. They will do anything if he wants to use tear gas and the likes and likes against children that their their their organs are still building up that are not even grown enough to be able to Some of those children may have a situation that may not congenital situation that may not be they they may not be able to recover from.

[00:33:38]Till death from that singular things that happened.

[00:33:41]And where did they even take them to?

[00:33:43]Are they managing them well? Are they giving them the actual attention?

[00:33:48]Is that That's why I said I commiserate with all the children of the world. In fact, they are not healing the world like Michael Jackson sang with some people the other day. They are not healing the world. The children are being seriously dealt with. Some of some of them are in one room or some other pushing out.

[00:34:07]Under captivity of some bandits and whatever. When this issue of banditry started, it started with the children, too. Chibok girls, if you can remember that vividly.

[00:34:17]And [laughter] this this this because they continue to go go on like everything is normal. In fact, I don't understand why they are even celebrating Children's Day. They should they should they shouldn't have even celebrated the Children's Day. They should have protested their Children's Day celebration. They should have made many of the children to be aware that some of their colleagues that went to school like they did on that faithful day are in the bush with some idiots that are making demands. And they even slaughtered one of their teachers on camera. A a teacher that teaches a core course like mathematics was slaughtered on camera and Nigerian of teachers still go to school to go and teach.

[00:34:59]Nigeria should nothing should be working again in the educational system if we are really serious to protect the rights of the children like we want to claim we want to protect. But look at at the end of the day children kept getting into trouble, getting into murky waters of Nigeria unplanned system.

[00:35:20]We all love children and and we will not we will not uh appreciate if our children goes uh if our children go or went for a an event that was organized by a government and they are they are eventually landing in various hospitals because they are manhandled by people that are not trained to handle them. In fact, I have people that are very close to me. You cannot become a teacher.

[00:35:46]You cannot become a security person in any of the schools in US if you don't go for a course that has to do with uh managing children. Because they have their own psyche. You have to be psychologically prepared for some of these things you'll be seeing from them. Some of those kids are not regular kids. Some of them are autistic.

[00:36:10]Some of them are even living with Down syndrome that are not very very visible.

[00:36:14]Some of them are very very aggressive.

[00:36:16]You know, a lot of things that you need to observe and know how to manage them.

[00:36:21]But they want to use regular adult uh community style of uh organizing events to organize events for children. And that is why it is backfiring. It's It's It's a lesson for the government. It's a lesson for parents to know where they are going to be sending their children their kids to. If their kids are at home with them, they should educate their kids.

[00:36:46]Uh the schools too that are going to participate should have dedicated their their children before they they release them or took them to that event. So that in case of any mismanagement, a teacher in charge will rally them around and be able to save save their lives or whatever.

[00:37:04]>> reports that that bouncer has been arrested and now will face the the full wrath of the >> They're They're They're only They're only wasting their time arresting the bouncer. Is the bouncer qualified ordinarily to have been deployed to that uh event?

[00:37:19]So, if they say they they are arresting somebody that that doesn't even fit in for a job, you have to arrest the people that deployed him in the first place. You can't send a a a a an electrician to go and manage a plumbing work from a company that is recognized and we're now blaming the electrician for spoiling the pipes. You blame the company that have been issued sending an electrician for a plumber's job.

[00:37:52]So, for me, it is the government that organized that program without having adequate system to to protect the interest of the children >> All right.

[00:38:01]>> that should be called to action. They should take the blame. And they should apologize severally and pay damages for many of those kids that are involved. Another kids that feel we we felt escaped, but they are they are already managing serious crisis at home. Because even the gory sight of such pandemonium will be in the heart and mind of some of these kids for life.

[00:38:27]They are tabular razors, like what we we were taught in psychology of children.

[00:38:32]They are tabular razors, they don't have anything in their head. They are they are innocent. And whatever they see is what will be written there for life. So, I think the government should take take responsibility for their mismanagement and they should they should stop playing politics.

[00:38:48]>> uses new law punishing those aiding bandits with information. Atiku wins ADC presidential primary elections and NDC reveals only successful aspirant will pay nomination fees. And that is a wrap on the world news at 12 on Voice of the People 90.3 FM. My name is Chioma Innocent. Good afternoon to you and thank you for listening.